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12 Photos. With over thirty directing and producing credits to his name, Johnnie To enjoyed international breakthroughs with Election (2005) , Election 2 (2006) (aka "Triad Election") and Exiled (2006); those films enjoyed multiple international film festival appearances and were separately sold to more than 21 foreign territories (including ...
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Johnnie To attends BAFTA Life In Pictures: Johnnie To at BAFTA on June 22, 2015 in London, England. Film director and producer, JOHNNY TO is photographed on September 6, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario. Johnnie To is photographed for The Hollywood Reporter on May 20, 2013 in Cannes, France.
- Where a Good Man Goes (co-directed with Patrick Yau -1999) Michael (Lau Ching-Wan) is an aggressive triad who checks into a hotel in Macau ran by a lonely widow (Ruby Wong) on the night he released from jail.
- The Longest Nite (co-directed with Patrick Yau -1998) Released the same year as Expect the Unexpected and initially also credited to Patrick Yau alone, The Longest Nite is one hell of a bleak and nihilistic crime thriller.
- Expect The Unexpected (co-directed with Patrick Yau – 1998) One of the earliest gritty Milkyway crime thrillers is officially credited to Patrick Yau (as are the next two entries on this list) although it later came to light that To was mainly responsible for the directing duties on all of Yau’s Milkyway films and he has since officially confirmed that he in fact was the principal director.
- Sparrow (2008) Possibly Johnnie To’s most personal film, Sparrow is also the odd one out in this list and potentially his entire oeuvre.
- Akira Kurosawa. Seven Samurai. The opening scene, with the horses, is one of the best ever. It always mesmerizes me.
- Akira Kurosawa. High and Low. It has a great setup, great characters, and a great theme. Kurosawa’s vision raised the film to another level.
- Sam Peckinpah. Straw Dogs. Sam Peckinpah and Dustin Hoffman at their best. The rape scene is horrific and haunting.
- Masaki Kobayashi. Harakiri. The first view of the sword sent chills through my spine.
Browse 532 hong kong johnnie to photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Director Johnnie To arrives at the opening ceremony of Festival de Cannes Film Week in Asia at K11 Musea on November 12, 2019 in Hong Kong, China.
Johnnie To filmography. Johnnie To in 2022. Johnnie To is a Hong Kong filmmaker. He has contributed to many projects, as a producer, director or a combination of the two. He made his directorial debut in 1980, when he directed The Enigmatic Case, a film starring Damian Lau.
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